Ice-creeper.



No. 537,221. Patented Nov. I4, |899.

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(Application ledFeb. 13, 1899.)

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ODILON FEI-IER, OF MONTREAL, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOSEPH NESTOR LARIVIERE AND JOSEPH LAFRANOE, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 637,221, dated November 14, 1899. I Application filed February 13, 1899. Serial No. 705,414. (N o model.)

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ODILON FEHER, a citizen of the French Republic,residing at the city and district of Montreal, Pro vince of Quebec,

Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Ice-Creepers, (for which I have obtained Canadian Patent No. 60,718, dated July 25, 1898;) and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact dero scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in ice-Creepers.

I5 The object of my'invention is to provide an ice-Creeper which will be neat and attractive in appearance, durable in construction, which can be readily attached to the shoe of the wearer, and which can be manufactured at a 2o loW cost.

A further object is to provide such icecreeper with a protecting plate which is adapted to be placed into and out of position with the spurs formed on the ice-creeper in 2 5 order that the damaging effects of the spurs will be eliminated when the use of said spurs is not desired.

To these ends my invention consists in the improved construction and combination of 3o parts, as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all of the views, Figure l is a view showing my invention applied to the heel of a rubber, the protector being inA position to prevent the spurs from contacting with the surface on which the user is walking. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, showing the protector 4o in its inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2,

said view showing the protector in its operative position in full lines and in its inoperative position in dotted lines.`

There have been a number of ice-creepers devised which serve to prevent the wearer from slipping, and among them may be found constructions similar to that disclosed in the drawings hereto attached. The present in- 5o vention is not intended particularly as an improvement in the ice-Creeper itself, but is ini tended more particularly to the formation of a protector for the spurs which are formed on the creeper. The devices in use at the present time, where the spurs are formedA on the bottom of the creeper, require that the wearer when entering the houses, 6to., is compelled to take off the Creeper in order that no damage maybe done to the carpets or floors upon which he may pass. This necessitates his 6o putting on and taking od of the Creeper every time he wishes to pass into or out of the house and necessitates a great deal of bother, besides considerable wear on the rubber to which it is attached. To obviate these disadv'antages, l have provided an attachment, which when the creeper is to be used in its opa erative position will be turned inward under the ball of the foot, this leaving the spurs ex'-v posed and in operative position. When it is 7 desired that the spurs should be covered, the protector is turned rearward underneath the creeper, as best shown in Fig. 1, which forms a sufciently-large surface for the wearer to walk on without inconvenience, and yet pre vents the spurs from engaging with the licor or carpet.

In the drawings, 1 designates my improved ice-Creeper, consisting of a dat steel plate formed substantially as shown in Fig. 2 and 8o lhaving lateral extensions 2, which are bent up in the form of a semicircle, as at 3, to engage with the heel portion of the rubber. Suitable spurs 4 are formed, which are adapted to engage with the under surface of the heel to prevent longitudinal movement of the Creeper. The creeper is provided with suitable spurs 5, which extend downward below the face of the plate 1 and form the means by which the wearer is prevented from slip- 9o p 6 designates my protector, which is formed substantially as shown in Fig. 2 and is pivotally mounted in suitable bearings 7, formed by returning up the ends of the front-eXtending portion 8 of the plate 1. The protector 6 is provided with suitable recesses 9, formed at the outer corners, as shown in Fig. 2, said recesses being provided for the purpose of allowing the protector to pass into position roo on the lower face of the plate 1 in close proximity to the spurs 5, thus forming a plate of substantially the same or a greater thickness than the height of the spurs. The protector is held in its operative or inoperative position by means of a spring lO, contacting with the at portion 11 of a suitable cam-shaped portion 12, formed at the center of the hinged portion of the protector 9, as best shown in Fig. 3. The advantages of this construction are many and have been heretofore pointed out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isl. An ice-creeper comprising a plate having lateral extensions adapted to engage with the shoe to which the creeper is attached, and also having engaging teeth adapted to engage the under face of the shoe; spurs formed on the outer side of said plate; and a movable protecting-plate connected to said plate for rendering said spurs operative and inoperative according to its position, substantially as described.

2. The combination with an ice-creeper, having downwardly-extending spurs adapted to engage with the ice, &c., of a protectingplate hingedly connected to said ice-Creeper, said protecting-plate being movable into and out of a position contiguous to -said spurs, to render said spurs operative or inoperative, substantially as described.

3. The combination with an ice-creeper having downwardlyextending spurs; of a protecting-plate hingedly connected to said creeper, said plate being adapted to be passed into and out of a position contigons to said spurs; and a spring adapted to contact with said plate to hold it in `its inoperative or operative position, substantially as described. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. I

ODILON FEHER.

Witnesses:

J. A. MARION, A. W. YOUNG. 

